We admit! We have been ignoring sunspot region 2674 since it appeared on the solar disk a few days ago. It was a large sunspot region at the time with two massive sunspots. It however wasn't all that complicated and there wasn't much of a risk that it would produce a strong solar flare. That changed however during the past 12 hours or so. Keep on reading to find out what sparked our sudden interest in this sunspot region.
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Last X-flare | 2024/05/15 | X2.9 |
Last M-flare | 2024/05/17 | M7.1 |
Last geomagnetic storm | 2024/05/17 | Kp6 (G2) |
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Last spotless day | 2022/06/08 |
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April 2024 | 136.5 +31.6 |
May 2024 | 157.2 +20.7 |
Last 30 days | 174.3 +64.2 |